Rival Love by Christine DePetrillo

Author:Christine DePetrillo [DePetrillo, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Christine DePetrillo
Published: 2023-03-19T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Archer

Physically, I should have been ready to sleep for a few days. I’d lost my father and had my ass kicked in the span of a handful of hours, but after being with Selena, I felt as if I had all the energy in the world.

Yes, my back and wrists stung, but those wounds were healing. As I led Selena back toward the pool table, I tried to shift, knowing the sweats I’d put on would be toast, but I couldn’t shift yet. It’d probably take some time for the silver to leave my system.

“I can see it,” Selena said behind me.

I stopped walking and turned to face her. “See what?”

“The silver. It’s like . . . glistening in those back wounds.” She shuddered. “How much pain are you in?”

I shrugged, the movement irritating my tender back. “Trust me, it’s nothing compared to what it would have been if you hadn’t shown up to rescue me.”

Her cheeks pinked, and it was the most adorable thing I’d ever seen. I wasn’t aware how much I liked adorable until I’d seen it on Selena. God, she was fucking perfect.

And mine now.

Exchanging mating bites and making love with her had seemed like the most natural actions in the world. No part of me doubted we were supposed to be together. Our bodies—despite our size difference—were made to join and bring each other pleasure.

Not able to resist, I hooked my hand on the back of her neck now and drew her in for a kiss, her lips instantly parting for me. I stroked her tongue with my own, wishing we could both shift right now and solidify our bond by mating as wolves. There would be time for that though because Selena wasn’t going anywhere.

I ended the kiss—reluctantly—and fished around in the first aid kit, pulling out some sterile gauze. “We don’t have any aloe vera or turmeric lying around this place, but we can at least cover up the worst of the wounds with this.”

“I can go out and get what we need,” Selena said. “I’ll just need to borrow a vehicle.”

I put the gauze down and took her hands in mine. Her hands were small, especially in comparison to my big mitts, but her fingers were long and delicate. I loved how they could make my body feel.

“First of all, everything that’s mine is now yours,” I said. “So you never have to borrow anything. Secondly, you’re not leaving my side. Not until I figure out what we’re going to do about Morelli. I don’t trust that he won’t come after you. An Alpha isn’t going to take his mate breaking the pair bond lightly, and if he knows you’re with me now, he could use you to get to me.” The thought of something happening to Selena because Morelli wanted to hurt me made a growl rumble from deep in my chest.

Selena wiggled free of my grasp. Probably because thinking of Morelli had made me tighten my grip. She put her hands on my pec ink, smoothing her palms over the designs.

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